Coldplay's 'Ghost Stories' survives a second week at the top

Coldplay's sixth studio album 'Ghost Stories' has survived a second week at the top of the Global Album Chart despite a massive 67% sales decrease to 339.000 copies.

The album has been described as easy going and accessible pop.

That's a total of 1,36 million after only two weeks, enough for a jump at no.4 on the year-to-date list behind Lorde's 'Pure Heroine' (1,37 million), Beyonce's self-titled album (1,96 million) and Disney's soundtrack to 'Frozen' (4,51 million).

Michael Jackson's 'Xscape', slides one place at no.3 after a 38% sales decline to 139.000 and Disney's soundtrack to Frozen climbs back to second place.

Highest debut of the week is the new British pop superstar Sam Smith.

His first album release 'In The Lonely Hour' starts at no.4 globally with 128.000 sales, driven by the single smashes 'Money On My Mind' and 'Stay With Me' (currently no.8).